User Manual

CHAPTER 23. LIVE INSTRUMENT REFERENCE 439
The Body Section
Tension's Body Section.
The role of the body or soundboard of a string instrument is to radiate the vibration energy
from the strings. The body also lters these vibrations, based on its size and shape. In
some instruments, such as guitars, the body also includes an air cavity which boosts low
frequencies.
The body type chooser allows you to select from different body types modelled after physical
instruments.
You can set the size of the body from the small chooser, from extra small to extra large. In
general, as you increase the body size, the frequency of the resonance will become lower.
You can further modify the body's frequency response with the Hi Cut and Low Cut knobs.
The decay time of the body's resonance can be adjusted with the Decay knob. Higher values
mean a longer decay.
The Str/Body knob adjusts the ratio between the String section's direct output and the signal
ltered by the Body section. When turned all the way to the right, there is no direct output
from the String section. When turned all the way to the left, the Body section is effectively
bypassed.
The Body section can be toggled on or off via the switch next to its name.
The lonely Volume knob to the right of this section sets the overall output of the instrument.
This knob is replicated on the Filter/Global tab.